Linked Life Data

3195257

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/3195257

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-12-27
pubmed:abstractText
Wild rabbits--Oryctolagus cuniculi--living in large numbers in a protected zone of Tuscany, the park of Migliarino--San Rossore--Massaciuccoli, showed to be carriers of the hard tick Rhipicephalus pusillus, previously observed in North Africa and Sicily. Antibodies to Rickettsia conorii and R. slovaca were detected in 78.9 per cent of the wild rabbits captured in that area. Seroconversion towards R. conorii was also observed in guinea pigs inoculated with homogenates of R. pusillus parasitizing the wild rabbits. These results identify an ecological niche of rickettsiae of the Spotted fever group in the host-parasite system O. cuniculi/R. pusillus. Attempts to isolate rickettsiae from the ticks and the wild rabbits were unsuccessful both in the egg yolk sac and in the guinea pig. This failure probably shows the low pathogenicity of the rickettsiae parasitizing the biosystem O. cuniculi/R. pusillus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0176-6724
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
269
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Rickettsiae of the spotted fever group associated with the host-parasite system Oryctolagus cuniculi/Rhipicephalus pusillus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Bacteriology and Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article